Toy.



M. L. BEISTLE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20,1917- 1,280,948. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

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MARTIN L. BEISTLE, or SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8,191.8,

Application filed September 20, 1917. Serial No; 192,373.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, l\/IAR'1IN L. BEISTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shippensburg, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the followingis a specification,

My invention relates to new improvements in toys and more particularly in wheeled toys, the object of my invention being the construction of a wheeled toy which will produce a noise or sound as the toy is operated;

More specifically my invention consists in a wheeled toy in which abutments carried by the wheel serve as means for springing up and releasing the free ends of slap sticks fixed to the body of the toy, and one of the objects of my invention consists in construct-- ing the body of the toy in the form of a limber for a dummy cannon so that the sound produced by the toy may be considered as the firing of the cannon.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and then specifically pointed out in the claims which form a part of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the toy, a portion of the handle being broken away to permit showing upon an enlarged scale;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view partially in section, showing the manner of mounting the wheel and toy cannon;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of construction.

My improved toy includes a handle 10 of suitable length, preferably formed of wood, and a body indicated as a whole by the numeral 11. This body is formed by two strips 12 of wood or other material which are positioned with their ends against either side of the lower end of the handle, nails or other means 13 securing them to the handle so that in effect the lower end of the handle is forked. A pin or nail 1a is driven through the free end of one of the strips 12, is passed through a central opening in a solid wheel 15 of wood or other material and is driven partially through the free end of the other strip 12. The engagement of this pin or nail, with the strips 12, is snflicient to hold it against displacement and permit it to serve as an axle for the wheel 15.

This wheel 15 has a number of pins 16 driven into its side faces, the pins being equally spaced from each other from the center of' the wheel. Any number of pins may be provided at each side of the wheel but preferably two diametrically disposed pins are drivencinto each side of the wheel in such a manner that the pins at one side are disposed between those at the other.

Slap sticks 17 of wood or other suitable material are secured near one end by tacks or other fastening means 18 t0 the upper faces of the strips 12, the free ends of these slap sticks being located in the path of movement of the pins 16. The inner faces of the strips 12 are transversely channeled, as shown at 18, for the passage of the pins 16 so that they may successively engage the slap sticks l7 to first lift and then release them as the toy is pushed in front of the user. These slap sticks should, of course, possess such resiliency that when their free ends are raised and then released they will spring back and strike against the strips 12 to create the desired sound.

As will be apparent the strips 12 and wheel constitute in effect a gun limber and a dummy cannon 19 of wood or other suit: able material is preferably pivoted between the strips 12 immediately at the rear of the wheel 15 by a pin or nail 20 upon which it is mounted in the same way that the wheel is mounted upon the pin 14. By pushing the toy rapidly along the ground a rapid succession of sounds will be produced giving a very good imitation of a rapid fire gun.

However in some instances it may be advisable to omit the toy cannon and if this is the case the handle 10 is preferably extended into close proximity to the wheel 15 and secured by an extra nail 21, as shown in Fig. 3. Otherwise the construction shown in Fig. 3 is identical with that described except that four of the pins 16 are provided at either side of the wheel 15.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have provided a toy which is exceedingly simple in construction, durable and economical to manufacture.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

'1. A toy including a handle having a forked terminal the arms of which adjacent their free ends have transverse channels in their inner faces, a wheel mounted for rotation between the arms at their free ends,

pins 'pro ecting from opposite sides of the wheel and passable through, the channels, slap sticks secured at one "end to the arms with their free ends resting over the channels, and a dummy cannon mounted in the fork between the arms and at the rear of the wheel.

2. A wheeled toy including a handle having a forked terminal, a wheel mounted for turning movement between the arms of the fork, the arms of the fork being formed with transverse channels, pins projecting from the sides of the wheel and movable through the channels during turning of the wheel, slap sticks carried by the forked terminal and operable through engagement between the pins, and a dummy cannon mounted be-' tween the arms of the forked terminal.

8. A wheeled toy including a handle, strips secured to opposite sides of the handle at one end and projecting beyond it, a wheel mounted between the free ends of the strips, a pin passing through the wheel andstrips to journal the wheel and hold the strips in proper relative position, the strips havin their inner faces transversely channele vpins carried by the wheel and movable through the channels during turning of the wheel, slap sticks sec'uredto the strips with their free ends overlying the channels and engageable by the pins, a dummy cannon mounted between the strips, and a pin passed through the strips and cannon to pivotally SIlPPQI't it.

4. In a sounding'wheeled toy, the combination of a body, a wheel carried thereby to provide a gun limber, a slap stick connected with the body and operable from the wheel to strike the body, and a toy gun mounted upon the limber whereby the soundproduced by the said slapstick will represent the firing of said gun.

5. In 'a sounding wheeled toy, the combi- V nation with a body of a wheel carried thereby to provide a gun limber, means connected with the body and operable for producing a staccato noise, and a top gun mounted upon the limber whereby the noise produced by the saidmeans will represent the firing of the gun. v a

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' MARTIN L. BEISTLE.

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